Private Project

Delta County

Agent Evie Harlowe, still struggling after the loss of her husband, is forced back into active duty with the FBI when her sister is accused of killing a controversial Philanthropist in Delta County, Arkansas.

  • Gloria Iseli
    Director
    King Chess
  • Heather Tyler
    Writer
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  • Heather Tyler
    Producer
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  • Heather L. Tyler
    Key Cast
    "Agent Evie Harlowe"
  • Juliana Philippi
    Key Cast
    "Rosalie Gutierrez"
  • Sara Sevigny
    Key Cast
    "Agent Angela Turner"
  • Grace Shen
    Key Cast
    "May Li"
  • Cate Chapman
    Key Cast
    "Cameron Gutierrez"
  • Sean Bolger
    Key Cast
    "Agent TJ Brooks"
  • Guy Picot
    Key Cast
    "Director Pierce"
  • Eddie Yu
    Key Cast
    "Eric Li"
  • Tracey Rooney
    Key Cast
    "Georgina "Georgie" Baker"
  • Lauren Elizabeth McCullough
    Key Cast
    "Darryllee Higginbotham"
  • Rex A. Tyler Samsel
    Key Cast
    "Orrie Harlowe"
  • Karl T. Wright
    Key Cast
    "Walter Robins"
  • Nicci Bates
    Key Cast
    "Newsanchor"
  • Kelly Grooms
    Key Cast
    "Theatre Director"
  • Jacob Sidney
    Key Cast
    "Bartender"
  • D. Matt Jordan
    Cinematographer
    New West
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    thriller, mystery, drama
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 37 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    November 12, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    20,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Fort Smith Film Festival
    Fort Smith
    United States
    August 9, 2025
    Winner - Best Narrative Film
  • Liverpool Indie Film Awards
    Liverpool
    United Kingdom
    Winner - Best Mobile Phone Feature
  • Cine Paris Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    Winner - Best Mobile Feature Film
  • Indie Cine Tube Awards
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner - Best Mobile Film
  • Cine Sepia Reels Carnival
    Kolkata
    India
    Winner - Best Mobile Film
  • Startford On Avon Film Festival
    England
    United Kingdom
    Nominee - Best Phone Film
  • Colortape International Film Festival
    Brisbane
    Australia
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Gloria Iseli

Originally from Louisville, KY, Gloria is a Writer/Director with credits spanning film, TV, podcasts, and web series. For the last 4 years, she's been an English language Dubbing Director and Script Adaptor, working on over 40 foreign films and TV shows streaming on Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, and Disney+. In the winter of 2023, her feature film KING CHESS won the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Golden State Film Festival and recently acquired distribution with Random Media.

Heather L. Tyler - Producer/Writer Biography: After studying theatre at Rhodes, Heather began her professional career in Chicago, where onstage credits include The Threepenny Opera w/the hypocrites @ Steppenwolf and critically acclaimed Dirty Diamonds at The Factory. In Los Angeles, she was in the ensemble for Tony award-winning The Lehman Trilogy at the Ahmanson (a record shortest time onstage.) She worked with Rogue Machine in A Bright New Boise and Wish I had a Sylvia Plath (u.s.) and with Sacred Fools in A Gulag Mouse. Film/TV credits include The Bridge (FX), For All Mankind (Sony/AppleTV) and her award-winning short film, postpartumm… recently completed the festival circuit. Currently, audiences can catch her in Flip Side, directed by Jayne Brook, which is also making waves at festivals.

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Director Statement

From the writer: Delta County is a dramatic thriller set in Arkansas and Los Angeles. The film is fictional, but also personal. We lost a close friend during the pandemic and never had the chance to say goodbye. He was a vibrant and prolific actor. We met on my first film in L.A. His family became ours - they were among the very first to hold our newborn son. The pandemic made grieving incredibly difficult. We were all so isolated…that went into the character of Harlowe, and the cycle of grief and returning to life is the through-line of the story. The film begins in L.A., in a place of mourning, regret and distrust, illustrated with starker interiors and arid desert landscapes. As we move through the story, we transition to Arkansas, a return home for both the main character and for the creator. Here the vibrant colors of green grass and blue water, the frolicking deer and reuniting with family embody a return to life.

To shoot and complete the film under the SAG Micro Project cap of $20K, we used what we dubbed ‘the BBS approach - beg, borrow, steal if you must.’ We shot bare bones and used iPhone 14Pros, an anamorphic lens, a GoPro. Everyone worked for reduced or deferred wages. Actor friends said yes. Our Director of Photography, D. Matt Jordan, was enthusiastic and even flew his drone for gorgeous footage. Family donated their houses, boats, woodlands and cars. The Downtown Playhouse in Pocahontas generously agreed to let us shoot a scene there during rehearsals for their final performance. That is a favorite moment in the film, showing local authenticity and color.

We joke that we had thunderstorms, an earthquake, a covid outbreak, strikes and even a rare desert flood to deter production - all of which is true. But it’s the first, the weeklong thunderstorms that were the biggest challenge. We had allocated two days to shooting on the Arkansas River for a pivotal scene. We had to cram it all into three hours. We filmed as much as we could before the lightning threatened, then raced back to the dock. Just before we reached it, there was a break in the weather, and I begged to turn off the motor so we could idle in and get one final, all-important close-up. It worked.